Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried Rice
You can enjoy amazing Chinese food at home with this Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried rice recipe. This is one delicious dinner!
I have a DELICIOUS recipe for you all! I am so excited to share this one. My family and I LOVE this dish. It has such a great flavor. You could probably trick your family into thinking you picked up Chinese food at a gourmet restaurant. It is that good, I promise!
I found these recipe one million years ago on Mel’s Kitchen Cafes website. Her site is filled with incredible recipes. I made this last night for dinner and I think we all ate it up within 10 minutes! It’s so good. I hope you give it a try soon. 🙂
Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken
Delicious sweet and sour chicken baked in the oven. This recipe beats any take-out Chinese!
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Ingredients
Chicken
- 3 to 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
Instructions
Chicken
- Preheat the oven to 325 ℉. Cut the chicken breasts into 1-inch pieces. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Place the cornstarch in a gallon-sized Ziplock bag. Place the chicken pieces into the bag with the cornstarch and seal, tossing to coat the chicken.
- Whisk the eggs together in a shallow pie plate.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat until very hot. Dip the cornstarch-coated chicken pieces in the egg and place them carefully in a single layer in the hot skillet.
- Cook for 20 to 30 seconds on each side until the crust is golden. (The chicken will finish cooking in the oven.)
- Place the chicken pieces in a single layer in a 9×13-inch baking dish and repeat with the remaining chicken pieces.
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- Mix the sweet and sour sauce ingredients together in a medium bowl and pour evenly over the chicken.
- Bake the chicken, uncovered, for 40 minutes, tossing the chicken once at the halfway mark. Serve over warm rice and enjoy!
Notes
Serve this delicious chicken with the fried rice recipe below!
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Recipe time updated to 40 minutes on 8/4/25
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup frozen peas and carrots
- 1 small white onion chopped
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 large eggs slightly beaten
- 3 cups cold cooked white rice (important it is pre-cooked cold rice)
- 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
Instructions
- Heat the sesame oil and vegetable oil, over medium-high heat, in a large skillet or wok. Add the peas/carrots mix, onion, and garlic. Stir fry until veggies are tender.
- Lower the heat to medium low and push the mixture off to one side, then pour eggs on the other side of skillet. Stir fry until scrambled.
- Add the cold, cooked rice and soy sauce. Stir and blend all together until thoroughly heated. Serve and enjoy!
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My family and I LOVE this!! EVERYONE that has tasted it loves it!! THANK YOU!
These are the best homemade Chinese food recipes ever! My sister and I are very picky about our Chinese (so much so, my sister brings home meals from our fave place back in our hometown when she goes to visit friends..while taking the train!)
I made these tonight and they turned out perfect! Thank you so much!
I made this a few weeks ago, and OMG it’s AMAZING!! Thanks for sharing!! We are having it again this week.
Thanks for posting the fried rice recipe! I linked to it from my blog, cant wait to try it!
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Thanks!
Think this could work on pork as well?
I appear to be making chicken eggs. Do I really have to dip these one by one in the egg?
This was great. It ended up looking like it cam from a restaurant, only better and fresher. The directions are right on point. Thanks for sharing this!
I tried the fried rice recipe today with some leftover rice, and it turned out fantastic! My family loved it. The only change I made was adding an extra egg. I’ll definitely make this again and try the baked sweet and sour chicken with it.
I just wanted to tell you that my chicken is in the oven and I’m getting ready to start on the rice. But I just LOVE that you show that you are using all Great Value brand stuff except the Hienz and the Kikkoman! Same here. It just tickled me for some reason. So anyway, I also LOVE that you posted pictures of each stage because when I had that eggy cornstarchy chicken on a plate, I thought I’d messed something up so badly that I might as well throw it out!!! Thank God for you picture looking the same way! Can’t wait to eat this. I’m sure it’s going to be fabulous. I’m following you blog for sure!
Sweet and sour chicken is always my dish when we have Chinese. Since I have found out I have Celiac 8 months ago I haven’t been able to indulge, but tonight I made this recipe and it was honestly the best sweet and sour chicken I have EVER had in my life! YUM!
I made this last night and it was great! I found it on pinterest 🙂
The only thing I would change is to do double the sweet and sour sauce since my chicken ended up really coated but I didn’t had any left over sauce. Other than that, great and really easy
I want to thank you for this recipe. I found it on Pinterest and filed it away as easy enough for my 13 year old son to try making. We made it tonight and it was heaven on earth.
My son was easily able to follow your steps and pictures (thank you for the great pictures) to make dinner mostly alone.
No storing leftovers tonight!
I absolutely LOVE this recipe, thank you so much for sharing it! Everyone who has tasted it just loves it, even the leftovers are incredible. Best sweet & sour chicken recipe for sure!
My chicken didn’t get nice and crispy in the sauce. I lined my pan because i’m lazy with dishes and i’m wondering if that’s why the sauce didn’t stick to the chicken as much. Any suggestions?? The recipe is still absolutely amazing!!!!
This is FANTASTIC!!!!!!
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I found your fried rice recipe on Pinterest, just made it tonight and it is amazing! My guy doesn’t care for Chinese and he went back for thirds!!! Great recipe! It’s a keeper 🙂
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Love this. Made it for the third or fourth time. I was able to find a less messy way to do the cornstarch. Just throw half of it in a baggie add the chicken and then top with the other half and shake shake shake. Really saves time and hassle. I am still using microwave rice (I like HEB brand) but used steamfresh by birdseye last time and didn’t let it sit and it wasn’t sticky or clumpy.
I do usually whisk in some cornstarch w/ water to the sauce to thicken it up some before pouring over the chicken and tossing. Then I put it in the oven for 15 -20 min. This is a recipe that is a winner all round!!!
Hi Holly, I just found your recipe through Weekend Potluck and I made it tonight. It was so good. We can’t have take-out anymore since my daughter was diagnosed with a peanut allergy. This definitely filled that hole. Thanks for the great recipe. I’ve pinned it and shared it with my FB followers.
I found this on Pinterest, and I usually don’t bother taking the time to comment, but this is seriously THE BEST recipe EVER. My husband is picky, and I’m not the greatest cook, but he loves this stuff (and I do too!). Seriously, BEST EVER. Thank you!
Made this last night and it was fantastic!! The whole family loved it. The only change I made was using apple cider vinegar and reducing the amount used. I will definitely make this again!! I also doubled the sauce which was perfect for 5 small chicken breasts.
My kids ate it all up and wanted more. So good. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Super good !!! Make this it is soooo easy !!
I made this for dinner tonight and it was absolutely delicious!! We are never eating Chinese Take out again…well, not for sweet and sour chicken at least:)
The best recipe I found for fried rice. Easy and delicious!
Mike
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Found your recipe on pinterest and have been saving it for a special occasion. Glad I did! My whole family LOVED it! I loved the egg/cornstarch combo for the coating. It made a nice crisp crust without being really greasy or having a heavy fried-chicken-y feeling that I find so off-putting in a lot of chinese restaurants. Thank you!